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Mold me and make me after Thy will!

The illustration of the potter and the clay is one that is employed frequently in the prophecies of Isaiah and Jeremiah.  Jeremiah went to a potter’s house, in Jeremiah 18, and saw a potter “making something at the wheel.  And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make” (18:3-4).  God used this experience to show that He could take a life (or, in this context, an entire nation) that was marred and rework it, mold it and make it into something good.

The trouble with too many of us is that we “have things turned around” (the words from Isaiah 29:16), and too often try to put God into the role of the clay and ourselves into the potter’s chair.  May we first humble ourselves into the hands of God!  Then, may we be still, submissive and pliable enough for Him to take that which is marred in our lives and rework it for His good!

“We are the clay, and You our potter; and all we are the work of Your hand” (Isa. 64:8).